Surprisingly, before Saturday’s starring role in Sydney, Perry had never before reached three figures for Australia.
Apparently she’s no good at netball, and “terrible with technology”., external
And there was a brief moment of minor embarrassment in Sydney.
On 194, Perry launched a ball high into the night sky and ran to celebrate reaching 200, with the crowd cheering a six.
But it was all a little too early – the third umpire ruled that the ball had bounced just in front of the rope.
Thankfully for Perry, she drove for four in the next over to pass the landmark, and she still found time to hit a six before captain Rachael Haynes declared.
Perry said it was “the second most embarrassing thing I’ve done in this match”. In first place was “taking a catch after the ball hit me”.
She added: “I had an amazing time out there today batting with all the girls and just taking in what was such a special day, just a really great event for women’s cricket.
“I had a lot of fun, and the fans’ support was just incredible.”
It’s not hard to see why.